Le Comité pour l’élimination de la discrimination raciale (CERD, selon l’acronyme anglais) a examiné, hier après-midi et ce matin, le rapport présenté par la République islamique d’Iran au titre de la Convention internationale sur l’élimination de toutes les formes de discrimination raciale.…

 Sabine Bakyono Kanzie, the new Permanent Representative of Burkina Faso to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented her credentials to Tatiana Valovaya, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva.Ms. Bakyono Kanzie has been serving as Ambassador of Burkina Faso to…

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today concluded its consideration of the combined twenty-second to twenty-fourth periodic report of Venezuela.  Committee Experts commended the State party for progress made by its committee that combatted racial discrimination, while…

Tareq Md. Ariful Islam, the new Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Tatiana Valovaya, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva.Before his appointment to Geneva, Mr. Islam had been serving as High…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired a hybrid briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons and representatives of the World Health Organization, the International Labour Organization, the World Meteorological Organization, and the…

 Le Comité pour l’élimination de la discrimination raciale (CERD) a ouvert ce matin les travaux de sa cent-treizième session, qui se tiendra à Genève jusqu’au 23 août et au cours de laquelle il examinera successivement les rapports présentés par sept pays au titre de la Convention…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired a hybrid briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons of the United Nations Children’s Fund and the World Health Organization. Situation in GazaAnswering questions from the media, James Elder, for…

 Rolando Gómez, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section at the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired a hybrid briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons of the United Nations Refugee Agency and the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. …

 Le Comité contre la torture a clos ce matin les travaux de sa quatre-vingtième session, qui se tenait à Genève depuis le 8 juillet dernier et au cours de laquelle il a examiné les rapports présentés par la Côte d’Ivoire, l’Equateur, la République de Corée et la Türkiye au titre de la…

The Committee against Torture this afternoon adopted reports on follow-up to concluding observations, individual communications and reprisals.Bakhtiyar Tuzmukhamedov, Committee Expert and Rapporteur on follow-up to concluding observations under article 19 of the Convention, presenting his report,…